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01-10-2019 | Urinary Tract Infection | Editorial Commentary

Defining urinary tract infection by bacterial colony counts: a case for less than 100,000 colonies/mL as the threshold

Author: Kjell Tullus

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 10/2019

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Many basic issues on making an accurate diagnosis of a urinary tract infection (UTI) are controversial still today. This might come as a surprise as UTIs are one of the most common bacterial infections in childhood. I will here debate, with Dr. Coulthard, which number of bacteria colony-forming units per milliliter (CFU/mL) is required for a diagnosis of a UTI. My opinion is that a rigid number of ≥ 10⁵ colony-forming units per milliliter (CFU/mL) risks missing 20% of true cases of UTI in small children [1]. …

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Title: Defining urinary tract infection by bacterial colony counts: a case for less than 100,000 colonies/mL as the threshold
Author: Kjell Tullus
Publication date: 01-10-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Urinary Tract Infection
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 10/2019
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-019-04291-x

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